Matshona Dhliwayo

Matshona Dhliwayo

"A living fool is worth less than a dead hero."
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"A living fool is worth less than a dead hero."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"The upright are richer in deeds than the wealthy are in gold."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"A wise man is closer to God than a fool will ever be to himself."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Wisdom is better than flattery, even if bitter in your ears."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Wisdom is a reliable companion."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Liars corrupt knowledge,and fools pervert wisdom,but the wise hallow both. Knowledge holds the truth."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"When you strike the shepherd you strike the sheep."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Scholars love knowledge. Philosophers love wisdom. The most knowledgeable become professors. The most wise become sages."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Where there is wisdom there is life,and where there is evil there is death. Folly is your enemy and so are fools;wisdom is your friend and so are the wise."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"It's easier to conceal wisdom than folly."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Wisdom is a teacher,God is its professor. The wise are His students,life is His rod,and eternal life is our reward."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"To forsake wisdom is to seek folly,to seek folly is to seek evil,to seek evil is to be in the arms of the devil,and to be in the arms of the devil is be in the arms of death."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history;nature, second. Folly is the worst speaker in history;fools, second."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Light is formless, but pierces the eyes. Wisdom is formless, but pierces the mind. Faith is formless, but pierces the heart. Love is formless, but pierces the soul."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"The wolf pounces on the sheep when the shepherd strays."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Don’t build a cabin near a termite colony. Don’t rear rabbits near wolves. Don’t attack a cub in front of its mother. Don’t stone a bird you want to catch. Don’t pick a flower before it blooms. Don’t pick fruit before it sweetens. Don’t count game you have not caught. Don’t hunt with a blunt spear. Don’t fish in poisoned waters. Don’t close your eyes near a predator."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Water wrestles great opponents,but has no hands,and tramples great rivals,but has no feet. It slips through our fingers,but can swallow entire towns. Wind also slips through our fingers,but can swallow entire cities."
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